Handbike

Handbike and wheelchair racers have been an inseparable part of the KPM event since as early as 1990. The historic first winner over the original full marathon distance was Miroslav Klečka from the Czech Republic. Today the course is 20 km long.

Please carefully read the following instructions which will help you to become familiar with the different situations on the day of the race.
The race is held under the IAAF rules, Slovak Athletic Federation regulations and proposals for Kosice Peace Marathon in year 2017 distributed by the organizer.

START

FINISH

Moyzesova street, near the Sports hall

COURSE

The first part of course is same for runners and Inliners/ Handbikers till km 13,8. Then through Južná trieda participants continue in the left traffic line, through the crossroad near Ryba to the VSS bridge and back to the Marathon Course. After crossing the finish line, participants slowly continue as directed by organizers, through the Main Street (Hlavná ulica) to the start/finish area in front of hotel Doubletree by Hilton, where finish service will be provided.
Participants are not allowed to continue through the Main Street (Hlavná ulica) when top marathon runners are moving through the area (09:55 – 10:05 a.m.). Every change of course direction is indicated by tapes and fences, every kilometre is marked on the asphalt and road pillars.

TRANSPORTATION TO START

Public transport on the race day (Sunday, October 1, 2017) is free of charge for the Kosice Peace Marathon participants upon display of the bib number.

On the Race Day, competitors accommodated in the Students Hostels can access the shuttle between the Medická Street and the Start area from 7.00 a.m..

The competitors will be transported after the race from the cloakrooms back to the hostel by shuttle.

CLOAK ROOMS

Cloak rooms are located indoor the swimming pool (Protifašistických bojovníkov 4). Access to the cloak rooms will be permitted from 7:30 a.m. to competitors with a bib number. The competitor will place his belongings into a plastic bag kept in a locker, both properly marked with a bib number. In case that all lockers will be occupied, the personnel will place the plastic bag marked with a bib number to a reserved place. Travel luggage cannot be stored in cloak rooms. Upon request, personnel of the swimming pool will deposit the valuables of the runners in the safe deposit box. Organizers are not responsible for any lost or stolen belongings.

TOILETS

Toilets are located indoor the swimming pool (Krytá plaváreň) Portable toilets will be situated at the start/finish area and at the KPM course at 7,5km, 10km, 15km, 17,5 and 20km (for marathon runners also available in the second lap).

TIMING AND START NUMBER

MYLAPS BibTag timing technology.
Participants in Handbike and Wheelchairs disciplines will receive one start number with a chip, which must be placed visibly on the chest.
Every participant must pass all the checkpoints at the course.
YOUR TIME WILL NOT BE MEASURED WITHOUT THE CHIP.

REFRESHMENTS

Refreshment stations:

5,1 km, 10,1 km, 15,1 km, 20 km
Energy drink in red plastic bottles and red glasses and water in plastic bottles and glasses will be at disposal.

Sponging stations:

with water in plastic glasses will be located between the refreshment stations.
Do not throw empty bottles and glasses down the middle of the road; it may cause injuries to competitors running behind you!

MEDICAL CARE

Medical care standpoints are located in the Start and Finish area as well as at several places along the course. An emergency vehicle for rapid assistance will move along the course.

Runner’s Emergency Card:

An emergency card will be printed at the back of every start number. Organizers recommend, with attention to health protection to fill out this card.

ARRANGEMENT INTO STARTING SECTORS

Access into the start area is exclusively through warm-up area – follow the instructions of organizers

Inline starts at the west side of the Main Street (left in the direction of run), with wave of a pennon

Handbikers and Wheelchairs start at the east side of the street (right in the direction of run), with wave of a pennon

Participants have to take their place in the sector by 08:35 a.m.

IMPORTANT WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS

INLINE, HANDBIKERS, WHEELCHAIRS
Through Južná trieda participants continue in the left traffic line, through the crossroad near Ryba until the bridge VSS and back. After crossing the finish line, participants slowly continue to the finish area at Hviezdoslavova street, where finish service will be provided.

5,1 km and 26,1 km – Anička area, in front of the tennis courts. The road is constricted to 3,0 meters width on a 10 meters long distance!

Organizers ask all participants to adjust their movement to the condition of the road!!!

GENERAL CONDITIONS AND WARNINGS

All participants start on their own risk .

Inline skaters, handbikers and wheelchairs must wear a helmet.

Each runner is personally responsible for the decision on his or her physical condition and on ability to overcome the whole distance in chosen category.

During the race is forbidden to listen to music and to wear headphones from safety reasons.

Coaches or other persons on bicycles (or other means) are not allowed to accompany participants and therefore will be excluded by police or by organizers.

According to IAAF rules, accepting refreshment is allowed only in refreshment station’s areas.

All participants must respect the instructions of referees, track marshals and organizers.

A competitor running with a bib number of another runner will be disqualified and both competitors will be banned from the KPM in the future.

Violation of these rules can lead to disqualification!

AWARD CEREMONY

Award ceremony will be held in the start/finish area, according to the following timetable:

I –Marathon Centre – In front of the VIP tribune

09:45 am

Minimarathon

Men, Women

1st – 3rd place

Company Run

Teams

1st – 3rd place

II – Marathon Centre, Hlavna street

10:30 am

Handbike

Men, Women

1st – 3rd place

Inline

Men, Women

1st – 3rd place

Wheelchairs

Men, Women

1st – 3rd place

Halfmarathon

Men, Women

1st – 3rd place

III – Marathon Centre, Hlavna street

11:30 am

Marathon

Men

1st – 3rd place

11:45 am

Marathon

Women

1st – 3rd place

IV – Marathon Centre, Hlavna street

12:00 am

Relay 4×1/4

Teams

1st – 3rd place

Junior Realay Race

FS SR International Championships

Marathon – Men

1st – 3rd place

V – Marathon Centre, Hlavna street

13:00 pm

Marathon – Age categories

M40, M50, M60, M70, W40, W50, W60

1st place

PAYMENT OF THE PRIZE MONEY

Prize Money will be paid to winners after the release of official results by bank transfer. All winners entitled to prize money have to report their account number by e-mail to the Marathon Club Kosice (info@kosicemarathon.com) by October 15, 2017.

We wish you a pleasant and successful Marathon weekend in Košice.

START: October 1, 2017 (Sunday)

Kosice, Marathon Centre, Hlavná street 1

FINISH

Kosice, Moyzesova street

TIME LIMIT

6 hours. The course will be closed at 3:00 p.m.

AGE LIMIT

18 years (born 1999 and before)

REGISTRATION

Participants register to the Kosice Peace Marathon through Online registration. The Organizer reserves the right, also during the time when Registration is going on, to set a limit on the number of registered participants, for reasons of capacity, safety, logistics or other reasons, as well as the right to terminate Registration at any time or to change the date of its completion. (see General Conditons for Participation in the Kosice Peace Marathon)

CATEGORIES

Handbike – Men, Women

PRIZES

Financial prizes will be awarded to the first 6 men and first 3 women, on condition that at least three competitors have started in the given category.

MEASUREMENT OF TIMES

The techonology used for time measurements is the MYLAPS BibTag. The official time is measured from the firing of the starting pistol to the crossing of the finish line. This time decides the final order of runners at the finish. The results list also shows the figure for the net (unofficial start-finish line) time for information purposes.

PROTESTS

Protests, regarding the results and situations arising during the race, have to be made verbally to the main referee no later than 15 minutes after the announcement of the results. Protests against the decision of the main referee heve to be made in writing in the race office, no later than 30 minutes after the announcement of the decision of the main referee, upon payment of 10,- EUR.

INSURANCE

All participants are under obligation to arrange their own individual medical insurance for this event. The Organizer cannot be held responsible for any damage to property or health incurred during competitors’ travel, stay or participation in the event. It is the responsibility of each participant to arrange and undergo an appropriate health check-up and to obtain proper information regarding his/her state of health in connection with his/her decision to take part in any of the KPM disciplines. Each Kosice Peace Marathon participant takes part in the event at their own risk.

ORGANIZER

RULES

All events organized by Marathon Club Kosice are held in accordance with IAAF athletics competition rules, the Slovak Athletics Association competition code, and the provisions of these propositions. Participation in the Kosice Peace Marathon is subject to the General Conditions.

FURTHER IMPORTANT WARNINGS

All participants must respect the instructions of referees, track marshals and organizers!

Participants can register only for one chosen discipline of the Event. Participation in more than one discipline within the Event is not allowed.

A competitor running with a bib number of another runner will be disqualified and both competitors will be banned from the Kosice Peace Marathon in the future.

Accompaniment of Participants by other persons on the course of event on bicycles or on other vehicles is prohibited and can result in disqualification of thus accompanied participant. Only persons accredited by the Organizer may move on the course by bicycles with the purpose of fulfilment of tasks defined by the Organizer.

During the race is forbidden to listen to music and to wear headphones from safety reasons.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This inner-city circuit is based on the original course set up for the World Half-marathon Championships in 1997. There are no prominent uphill sections, and the streets are fully asphalt surfaced. The marathon course consists of two laps, while the half-marathon runners complete just one. Both of these basic disciplines have been granted an IAAF / AIMS certificate for their course. The other accompanying races are held over parts of this circuit, and their measured and published distances do not require certification.

COURSE MAP

COURSE ELEVATION PROFILE

All the fast marathon courses must have couple of positive parameters. Besides very few direction changes or sharp turns it is of course the elevation profile. In Košice there is a course meeting the most challenging criteria. In Berlin where plenty of world records have been set up there are 21 direction changes on the course in the angle equal 90˚or even sharper. In Košice the number of such direction changes on the full marathon course is the same low.
If we have a closer look to its elevation profile we will find out that difference between the lowest point on this Košice city circuit and its peak is only 16,35 m (200,7 m above sea level – 217,05 m a.s.l.). The cumulative elevation gain on the marathon course is then 74 meters.
For your information in Berlin the difference between lowest and highest point is 25,6 m (cumulative elevation gain 37 m) and in Boston 146,3m (cumulative elevation gain 241 m).

ENTRY FEE FOR HANDBIKERS

We support disabled sportspeople.
KPM participants entering for the Handbikers and Wheelchairs disciplines pay no entry fee.

Payment date

Handbikers a Wheelchairs

By 31st August

0 EUR

after 31st August

0 EUR

WHAT DOES THE ENTRY FEE GET YOU?

A welcoming package and these basic guaranteed services:

T-shirt with event’s graphics

Participant’s bag

Starting number with disposable chip (with participant’s name if application and entry fee payment are received by 31st August)

Free public transport

Medal for reaching the finish within the time limit

Marathon magazine

SMS with finishing time (if participant supplies cell-phone number in application)

Measurement of finishing time and intermediate times

Changing rooms

Showers and massage

Medical services around course and at finish

Refreshments around course (every 5 km)

Refreshments and services in finish area

On-line participant’s diploma

On-line results list

Information service – event info sent to participant’s e-mail address

Participants can order additional products and services through Online registration.

Participants should give T-shirt size in their application for registration (except for Mini-marathon, Corporate Run). Due to the fact that the deadline for ordering T-shirts falls in advance of the deadline for applications, the Organizer will supply participants with T-shirts in particular sizes as long as stocks last. Participants registered by 31st July will have priority in this regard. For partipants registering later the Organizer will make every reasonable effort in order to supply T-shirts in the requested sizes. Men and women will be supplied with appropriately-styled T-shirts.

PAYMENT METHOD

Participants who order additional products and services through Online registration can pay by:

Payment card – at the same time as your registration.
The payment is almost instantely matched with your application.

Bank transfer
Payment will be matched with the application only after it is credited to the Organizer’s account.

If one bank transfer is to be used to pay entry fees for several participants at once, the Organizer must be informed of this in advance by e-mail (info@kosicemarathon.com). The e-mail must include the names of all the participants whose entry fees are being paid and the variable symbol of the payment.

If payment is made by bank transfer which does not include the correct variable symbol, it will not be possible to identify the payment, and no payment will be matched with the participant’s application for registration.

CHECKING THE REGSTRATION AND PAYMENT

Registration and receipt of the entry fee payment can be checked by logging into the competitor’s account in the Online registration section of our website.

The Organizer cannot be held responsible for incorrectly entered details either in your application or in your entry fee payment instructions!